Budge Pountney
Budge Pountney
AnthonyCharles Pountneyis the former Director of Rugby at Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at flanker for Northampton and was part of the side that won the 1999–2000 Heineken Cup. He helped Scotland win the 1999 Five Nations Championship, later captaining the team...
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We told the referee that and it was his decision from there on as to whether to go with uncontested scrums.
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We turned around a big defeat at Leicester last week with a relatively new team, and that's good. I think they found the passion we've always had at Northampton.
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Dylan Hartley played well at hooker last week and deserves to keep his place. Steve will find this change of role really refreshing.
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Ben has worked extremely hard and gets what he deserves. He has a great attitude and will undoubtedly improve every year he is here.
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Bath will be disappointed from last week when Bristol managed to get the game at the death. We have got to front up and be in their faces all day long. This is a team we respect a lot.
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Sean went extremely well for the Wanderers on Monday night. He deserves his chance. We want to make the Wanderers competitive in that if a player plays better for the Wanderers than the player who played for the Saints, they will be up for selection.
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My league debut was at Leicester and it is a case of just get on and play; don't panic about it and enjoy the experience. They just need to play their natural game and hopefully the older boys will look after them a little bit.
We have got a long way to go.
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Steve was playing really well at six, but he wants to go back to hooking,
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There are three Academy boys in the whole squad - Mark Easter, Dylan Hartley and Alex Rae - in their first year, and they are proving their worth already,
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The most important thing was the attitude we took into the game,
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Robbie has done fantastically well to regain fitness from what could have bee a career-ending injury. He has been helped and guided by the physiotherapy department and doctors, and they are more than happy to pass him fit.
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He did extremely well in training this week, and we have been pleased with his attitude. I am sure he will enter the fray at some stage.
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Steve has played in the back row a number of times and every time he has, he has done extremely well,